turskill Sc. dial.
[var. of tuskar, prob. after Gael. tairisgil.]
A kind of spade for cutting peat.
| 1812 J. Henderson Agric. Surv. Caithn. xv. 234 When the peat-moss is not more than from one to two feet deep, the peat is cut perpendicularly, by a spade, called a turskill. |